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Wide Amplitude for Dreams: Rocky IV IGT 7/30 (Game 2)

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 30 2009 12:47 PM

Thread title from English transalation of anthem's lyrics. Russia — our sacred state, Russia — our beloved country. A mighty will, a great glory — Your possession for all future ages! Glory to you, our free Fatherland, Age-old union of fraternal peoples, Ancestor-given wisdom of the people! Glory to you, our country! We are proud of you! From the southern seas to the polar regions Spread our forests and fields. You are unique in the world! You alone are like this — Our dear land kept safe by God! Wide amplitude for dreams and for living Gets opened up for us with each passing year. Loyalty to the Fatherland gives us strength. Thus it was, is, and always shall be!

Edgy DC Jul 30 2009 12:55 PM

Fresh goes better!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 30 2009 12:57 PM

The commentary of the videomaker is priceless: ]Communism is an unbeatable force, and produced the greatest fictional boxer who ever lived. Ivan Drago.

bmfc1 Jul 30 2009 01:21 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 30 2009 01:53 PM

METS: Pagan Castillo Wright Francoeur Tatis Murphy Berroa Santos Niese

G-Fafif Jul 30 2009 01:38 PM

]Jules, y'know, honey... this isn't real. You know what it is? It's St. Elmo's Fire. Electric flashes of light that appear in dark skies out of nowhere. Sailors would guide entire journeys by it, but the joke was on them... there was no fire. There wasn't even a St. Elmo. They made it up. They made it up because they thought they needed it to keep them going when times got tough, just like you're making up all of this. We're all going through this. It's our time at the edge.

Edgy DC Jul 30 2009 01:40 PM

You need to undo what you just did.

G-Fafif Jul 30 2009 01:42 PM

]Play the game You know you can't quit until it's won Soldier on Only you can do what must be done

Edgy DC Jul 30 2009 01:45 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 30 2009 02:58 PM

Will not click. DeLaRosa is Ollie-like. A lefty that can give you low-hit starts, but mar it with a lot of walks. Let's hope our new righty-happy lineup can make it hurt.

Valadius Jul 30 2009 02:21 PM

It's about how hard you can GET hit, and keep moving forward!

PiggiesTomatoes Jul 30 2009 02:28 PM

="G-Fafif"] ]Jules, y'know, honey... this isn't real. You know what it is? It's St. Elmo's Fire. Electric flashes of light that appear in dark skies out of nowhere. Sailors would guide entire journeys by it, but the joke was on them... there was no fire. There wasn't even a St. Elmo. They made it up. They made it up because they thought they needed it to keep them going when times got tough, just like you're making up all of this. We're all going through this. It's our time at the edge. Dude, why you harshing our mellow?

seawolf17 Jul 30 2009 02:29 PM

Why not just post Billy Joel lyrics? I swear, people, if the Mets lose this game tonight, it's on this forum, right here.

Edgy DC Jul 30 2009 02:37 PM

Word to your maternal figure. Can 'Bucket just reboot this thread?

seawolf17 Jul 30 2009 02:42 PM

Nah, it's too late now. We must work with the hand we're dealt.

metirish Jul 30 2009 02:43 PM

Let us take her to page two and stop the nonsense.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 30 2009 02:49 PM

I'm a little Rogered out by this myself, but re-starting the thread is just asking for it. The SHaMs shall overcome.

Valadius Jul 30 2009 03:06 PM

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 30 2009 03:13 PM

Indeed. Here's to hard work, hard believing, climbing mountains without pitons and [url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/Bearded-Glory-Mets-Win-Streak-Hits-Five-Games-52094417.html]playoff beards[/url]: BTW, if this unremitting Eau de Stallone works, and the streak reaches six... what do we do for the D-Backs? Highlights from "Cobra"?

Valadius Jul 30 2009 03:54 PM

bmfc1 Jul 30 2009 05:16 PM

In the Ford commercials, a guy enters the screen and says "people say 'hey Mike' ...." are we supposed to know who Mike is?

Valadius Jul 30 2009 05:28 PM

I've seen that one. No clue who that is.

Valadius Jul 30 2009 05:46 PM

Finally got a new computer today. Since my laptop simply stopped working on Monday, I've been using my old laptop with a smashed screen hooked up to my TV. Cost of repair was nearly as much as cost of a new one, so I got a new one.

metirish Jul 30 2009 05:52 PM

Per Gary , Dr. Andrews examined Maine yesterday and confirms the original diagnosis from Mets doctor , shoulder weakness.Maine will continue to rehab in FLA.

PiggiesTomatoes Jul 30 2009 06:21 PM

Wow...gotta see that replay. Thanks, Blue!

themetfairy Jul 30 2009 06:53 PM

Tied 1-1 in the 6th.

Edgy DC Jul 30 2009 06:53 PM

I'm just getting to the show. What's Papa Castillo doing in the lineup?

Nymr83 Jul 30 2009 07:04 PM

Tatis with an amazing diving grab to save a run!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 30 2009 07:05 PM

Fart.

Nymr83 Jul 30 2009 07:05 PM

Nymr83 wrote: Tatis with an amazing diving grab to save a run! But it doesn't matter, because Barmes just hit a 2-run shot and the Mets trail 3-1.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 30 2009 07:13 PM

Gotta start hitting now

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 30 2009 07:16 PM

Good start. kaboomy

Kong76 Jul 30 2009 07:17 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 30 2009 07:18 PM

EDC: What's Papa Castillo doing in the lineup? <<< 0-2, with a walk.

Mendoza Line Jul 30 2009 07:17 PM

Fantastic. And I thought Tatis was just in there for his glove.

Edgy DC Jul 30 2009 07:19 PM

That's right. Take no time answering.

Edgy DC Jul 30 2009 07:21 PM

Nymr83 wrote: Nymr83 wrote: Tatis with an amazing diving grab to save a run! But it doesn't matter, because Barmes just hit a 2-run shot and the Mets trail 3-1. It mattered. Reality Chuck may not think so, but it mattered.

Kong76 Jul 30 2009 07:21 PM

It was that or, "going to work to start the college fund."

Edgy DC Jul 30 2009 07:24 PM

Daley looks hittable. Same break on every pitch. I mean, good luck to the MLBS, but not tonight.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 30 2009 07:27 PM

Robinson Cancel to pinch hit for the pinch hitter.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 30 2009 07:28 PM

I'm on radio tonight. What number?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 30 2009 07:28 PM

Dammit. Had to cash that one in.

Edgy DC Jul 30 2009 07:31 PM

Cancel has donned the Magadantastic 29.

Fman99 Jul 30 2009 07:31 PM

bmfc1 wrote: In the Ford commercials, a guy enters the screen and says "people say 'hey Mike' ...." are we supposed to know who Mike is? Mike Rowe, who hosts a fairly popular TV show called "Dirty Jobs."

Edgy DC Jul 30 2009 07:34 PM

Now don't you want Castillo leading off next innng?

Fman99 Jul 30 2009 07:37 PM

Great inning for Green. I know how to get things working for the good guys. Bring out the unofficial IGT mascot of the CPF 2009.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 30 2009 07:47 PM

OK, Frenchy, hit a home run.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 30 2009 07:48 PM

fuckfuckfuck

Edgy DC Jul 30 2009 07:49 PM

You're way ahead of me, jerkie.

Edgy DC Jul 30 2009 07:50 PM

Man, Hawpe had him played well.

Kong76 Jul 30 2009 07:51 PM

I really wanted the four game sweep. Let's

Fman99 Jul 30 2009 07:54 PM

GO

Rockin' Doc Jul 30 2009 07:55 PM

Mets!!!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 30 2009 08:00 PM

Help us Ivan Drago, you're our only hope.

Edgy DC Jul 30 2009 08:01 PM

"¡Arriba! ¡Arriba! ¡Ándale! ¡Ándale!"

Fman99 Jul 30 2009 08:09 PM

Cory get on base. Time for Omir to go all Papelbon-y on this fucker.

PiggiesTomatoes Jul 30 2009 08:09 PM

Come on Omir!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 30 2009 08:09 PM

Dear Omir, Hit a home run. Sincerely, JC Lunchbucket

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 30 2009 08:10 PM

Rob Lowe must die.

Edgy DC Jul 30 2009 08:11 PM

Thump.

Kong76 Jul 30 2009 08:11 PM

Oh well, it was a nice run.

bmfc1 Jul 30 2009 08:11 PM

Thanks Fman.

PiggiesTomatoes Jul 30 2009 08:12 PM

Let's start another streak tomorrow night! Just, please, no Rob Lowe.

Valadius Jul 30 2009 08:13 PM

Rob Lowe fucked the whole thing up.

Edgy DC Jul 30 2009 08:19 PM

="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]Rob Lowe must die. I know, right? At least get in the homopugilistic spirit of the theme and post a video of him working out his torso in Youngblood. Better by far would be to just post a video of Joel Youngblood.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 30 2009 08:28 PM

eh, it's ok. We didn't play well enough to win tonight. And I'm not explicitly against invoking St. Elmo if it brings inspiration. Floor is open to the next inspired threadstarter.

Edgy DC Jul 30 2009 08:33 PM

="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]And I'm not explicitly against invoking St. Elmo if it brings inspiration. Rather big if. Jeez, St. Elmo's and inspiration.

Kong76 Jul 30 2009 08:36 PM

Who is Rob Lowe?

Edgy DC Jul 30 2009 08:43 PM

good start. You get the next IGT.

Valadius Jul 30 2009 08:48 PM

Hell, I'll do it. I have a great theme all picked out.

Frayed Knot Jul 30 2009 09:24 PM

Giving potential runs away in the 1st inning = not good Then in the 8th, Castillo, Wright & Francoeur all hit consecutive liners but we had only one single to show out of it. That and one bad inning from Neise.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 30 2009 10:22 PM

Watched with friends in a pub setting. Bats just ran out of wood. It happens. Especially with this team, it happens. On the plus side-- hey! Two solid starts from Niese, really, against teams that should whap the crap out of him. And Parnell looked good (take note, Clevelanders!) and nasty. I'm encouraged. And I don't care how you slice it, remix it, or slap a cutesy "Shamwow" ad tag on it-- absolutely nothing good has been or will ever be inspired by "St. Elmo's Fire." NO ONE DENIES THIS.

Edgy DC Jul 31 2009 05:43 AM

If anything, it's anti-inspirational. "I was thinking of switching to tenor sax." "Yeah? Like Rob Lowe as Billy Hixx in St. Elmo's Fire?" "You know, I think I'll stick with coronet." _____ "One thing I could do with all this hair is put it up in a big old top knot. There's a thought." "Like I Demi Moore in St. Elmo's Fire?" "Yeah, I think I'll just cut it all off." ______ "So, dude, I got into Georgetown." "Dude, you could hang out at all the places the gang in St. Elmo's Fire haunted." "Where's that Bucknell brochure?" Anything good you can say about the decade of the eighties can always be rebutted with, "Yeah, but St. Elmo's Fire."

metirish Jul 31 2009 06:48 AM

Valadius wrote: Hell, I'll do it. I have a great theme all picked out. Not Rob Lowe's sex tape I hope.

Valadius Jul 31 2009 06:59 AM

Indiana Jones.

G-Fafif Jul 31 2009 11:58 AM

]I apologize for my younger self getting in the way of the Mets' continued winning ways. I forgot that Angel Pagan takes the theme from "St. Elmo's Fire" very literally, and when he was reminded that he had to be "a man in motion," well, he couldn't help himself, thus the attempted steal of home. Much as I put my role as saxophonist Billy Hicks behind me and went on to much greater acting glory as Deputy White House Communications Director Sam Seaborn, I'm hoping the Mets will Wing their way to victory against West division foe Arizona. As for Friday's game, if the Diamondbacks come after Livan, we're gonna bust them like a piñata. God bless the United States of America.